Section 6: Chemicals of Special Concern

Releases of Lead and Lead Compounds, Excluding Metal Mining

This figure shows the trend in disposal or other releases of lead and lead compounds for all sectors excluding metal mining. It is important to note that metal mining accounts for the majority of releases of lead and lead compounds; in 2013, 93% of total lead releases were reported by metal mines. Releases of lead by other sectors have decreased 35% from 2003 to 2013, as evident in the figure. Decreases have been driven by decreases in the primary metal, hazardous waste, and electric utilities sectors.

This page was published in January 2015 and uses the 2013 TRI National Analysis dataset made public in TRI Explorer in October 2014.